More quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children."
"If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be."
"To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods."
"Love does not dominate; it cultivates."
"Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes."